Rio the series 4
Chapter 4 Johnny the snake's last stand
A dark peaceful night in the Jungle of Rio de Janeiro. Shortly after seeing Rafael, the Blue Macaw Blu flew through the Jungle, heading back to his home. When Blu arrived, he was a little excited; Jewel said she had a surprise for him, so she took flight somewhere else. Blu touched down, by his hollow entrance/exit, where he could only see, his offspring, and the samba Birds.
Rey and Jessica, where sleeping peacefully, with their heads, nuzzled into Pedro's tubby body. Crystal was sleeping in the nest alone, as for Azul, he slept with his head on Nico's body. Nico had tried to move a couple of times, but either: Azul would move even closer, or Nico just couldn't move. Blu smiled, seeing his children sleeping peacefully.
"Hey guys." Blu whispered, being careful not to wake his children.
"Hey, Blu." Pedro also whispered, gently sliding his nephew and niece off his body. Nico tried to slide out of sleeping Azul, but he couldn't move.
"Guys, can one of you get Azul off of me, please?" Nico requested whispering.
Blu chuckled, and walked over to the struggling Canary. "Sure."
Blu sat down in the nest, next to Nico, and gently picked Azul up, in his wings, and started rocking him. Pedro helped Nico, stand back up.
"Thanks." Nico said, stretching his legs, and back.
"Thanks, for babysitting guys." Blu said.
"Anytime, Blu." Pedro said.
Nico and Pedro departed out of the tree, heading for either their club, or their tree.
After they had left, Blu now only had to wait for his wife to return. Blu looked down at Azul, who had the side of his head, on Blu's bushy chest, comfortably. Blu smiled, and started to rock his son, side to side, and also began to sing.
Rock-a-bye baby, in the tree hollow
When the wind blows, the nest will rock
When the bough breaks, the nest will fall
And down will come baby, nest and all
Blu continued to rock his son, with the other three snuggled into his belly, when suddenly. "Oh, Bluuuuu." Jewel's voice called.
"Jewel?" Blu said, looking outside the tree.
"Are the kids asleep?" Jewel asked.
"Yes, they're asleep." Blu replied.
"Ok, close your eyes." Jewel said.
Blu closed his eyes, with a smile. "Okay, Jewel, they're closed."
"Promise?" Jewel asked.
"I promise, they're closed." Blu promised. Blu waited a few seconds, hearing Jewel's footsteps while also a little impatient.
"Okay, Blu, open them." Jewel said. Blu opened his chocolate brown eyes; he couldn't believe what he saw. Jewel had shinned every part of her body, making herself look beautiful and sparky, also with a pink orchid in the side of her head feathers.
"Wooooow." Blu said, becoming lost in her beauty. Jewel walked around the nest, also spinning around a couple of times.
"Like what you see?" Jewel asked, playfully.
"You...look..." Blu tried to say, as he was almost on the burst of drooling "Amazing."
Jewel smiled, and joined Blu, and her offspring, in the nest. "I know I'm beautiful." Jewel said.
Blu set Azul down, in the nest, with his siblings.
"Jewel, permission to kiss?" Blu requested, playing like a solider.
"Permission granted." Jewel granted, smiling. T
The two lovebirds wrapped their wings around each other and shared a kiss.
After they were done kissing, Blu leaned down on his back, and rested on Jewel's lap. Jewel smiled, and gave Blu a stroke on the head.
"Isn't this nice?" Jewel said.
"What?" Blu asked.
"This, us are friends, family, all living peacefully, we haven't had troubles since the battle with Nigel." Jewel explained.
"It's perfect." Blu said.
Jewel continued to stroke Blu's head, as he got comfy, with the side of his head, on her belly, when out of the tree, "AHHHHH!" a voice screamed out.
Blu quickly shot himself up, from Jewel's lap.
"What was that?" Jewel quickly wondered. Blu didn't answer, and walked over to the hollow entrance/exit.
"Blu, where are you going?" Jewel asked.
"I'll be right back." Blu said. Before Jewel could say, anything else, Blu jumped out of the hollow, taking flight in the sky. As Blu was soaring through the air, he looked down, where he could see a slight yellow and blue figure.
"Oh my." Blu said, to himself. The Blue Macaw, landed down on the ground, where he could see a Yellow and Blue Macaw which was actually a Gangster.
Blu slowly walked over to the injured Macaw, suddenly, Blu felt his feet, become tight, and close together and before he knew it, he was hung upside down. Blu gasped and looked around and noticed he had stepped into a trap. "What-"
"Now, get him!" a deep voice shouted. Suddenly the Gangster on the ground hopped up, seconds later, two more Gangster's jumped out of nowhere.
The two Gangster's knocked Blu down and each stood on his wings, and tied together feet.
"What are you doing? Get off!" Blu demanded, trying to pull himself free.
The third Gangster got a rag, in his talon, and held it to Blu's beak. Blu knew he was trying to put him to sleep with chloroform, and struggled as much as he could.
After a minute of struggling, Blu finally needed air, and had no choice but to inhale the chloroform, and instantly fell asleep.
"Come on, let's take him." one of the Gangster's said to another.
The next day
The following morning, Jewel was flying as much as he light blue wings would carry her, desperately heading straight for the Military Macaw Prison. Jewel had been searching for Blu, almost all night, only to find nothing, and was left no choice but to leave her kids to Rafael, who agreed to watch them while she went to go and get help.
Finally, Jewel got to the cliffs, searching for the prison entrance/exit. When she finally found it, Jewel quickly flew inside the hole, before she could go through the other hole, which was smaller, and led to inside the actually prison, two Military Macaw's stopped her.
"Whoa! Whoa! Can we help you, ma'am?" the Guard asked.
"Please, i need to see Major Lenny." Jewel begged.
"What for?" the other Guard inquired.
"My mate, he's been missing all night, I think he was kidnapped!" Jewel quickly explained.
Hearing the word 'Kidnapped' one of the Guard's stood aside, while the other one, walked through the hole.
"Follow me, ma'am." the Military Macaw instructed.
Jewel and the Military Macaw, flew through the prison pass all of the cages which had prisoners in.
The Guard finally escorted Jewel, to the end of the hallways, where Lenny, with a couple of men. The Guard touched down, to the Macaw Major.
"Sir, this lady would like to see you." the Guard said, moving aside for Jewel.
"Jewel, good to see you." Lenny greeted, seeing his friend.
"Thanks, Lenny, but I need your help, Blu went missing last night, and I can't find him anywhere!" Jewel quickly explained.
"Hmmm, i see. Men go and get-". Lenny was interrupted by another one of his men.
"SIR! SIR!" one of Lenny's men yelled.
The other Macaws looked at the Macaw running towards them, holding what looked like an iPhone in his wings. The Military Macaw set the phone down.
"Soldier, what's wrong?" Lenny inquired.
"Sir! You got to see this, it's a ransom video!" the Soldier explained, browsing through the videos.
The Macaw finally found the video and played back the recording. The Military Macaws watched in shock, especially Jewel. On the video screen, Blu was tied to a chair with rope around his body, beak, and talons, and also around his body chair, holding him down. Johnny walked in front of the camera.
"Hello there, my friends. Did you lose a Blue Macaw, lately?" Johnny said, slightly laughing.
"Blu." Jewel whispered to herself.
"Now, if you're watching this, Lenny, you know now, what you have done. You hurt me, I hurt you."
Johnny approached, tied up Blu, and stroked Blu's head, causing him to cringe, in fear. "If you want him back, i suggest you don't attempt a rescue party. I have plans and I don't need you getting in my way."
The Gangster leader reminded where he was. "Bye. Bye, for now."
The Gangster, who was holding the camera, realized one thing. "Ummmm, boss, we're still rolling."
"Well, turn it off!" Johnny yelled.
"I'm trying!" the other Gangster replied, rapidity tapping the button.
Johnny sighed, and turned off the camera. "You're useless, ya know that-" was the last thing Johnny said, before the vision went black.
"We have to save him!" Jewel yelled.
"We can't, not until we find out we there holding him." Lenny said.
"How?" Jewel asked
"Private Joey over here is a mechanic and hacking expert." Lenny explained, moving aside. "Joey."
Another Military Macaw walked over to the phone, and began to take it apart.
"What's he doing?" Jewel inquired.
"If any luck, Joey can trace where that video came from." Lenny explained.
Back at the hideout, where the Gangster's where holding Blu. Johnny held a small bird-sized knife, in his talon, sharpening it with his beak. Johnny turned around, where he could see his victim, tied to the chair, wiggling his wingtips, and toes nervously. Johnny quickly flipped the knife, from his talon, into his wing, and proceeded to walk over to Blu.
Blu quickly went wide eyed, and jumped up and down on the chair, desperately trying to escape, to no avail. Johnny stood right in front of, Blu, and knelt down to him. Johnny put one wing, on Blu's shoulder, to stop him from struggling. Blu stopped hoping. Instead, he closed his eyes, turning his head and made some, what sounded like crying for help mumbles.
Johnny lifted Blu's head up with his wing, forcing him to look him in the eyes. Blu was so scarred and nervous, he couldn't make any part of his body move, anymore, no matter how hard he tried to command.
"You know, there's not point trying to call for help, you're a long way from home." Johnny said, evilly smiling. Johnny lifted the knife to Blu's throat.
"Did I ever tell you, how i got this scar?" Johnny said, pointing to the scar, over his left eye.
Blu shook his head, in response, as in a 'no'.
"You see. My girlfriend-Kate-and I were leaving peacefully one day, until one of your kind, attacked us. I tried to fight him; he clawed my eye, hoping to win, against me. I finally beat him." Johnny said, explaining. "Kate, she couldn't believe what just happened. And that's how I became the leader of the Gangster's. Kate is still with me, she sometimes say's "We should, quit this life and run away." I didn't listen...I KILLED HER!"
"HMMM!" Blu mumbled screaming, also falling back on his chair.
Johnny laughed and pulled him back up.
"Relax,Ii didn't kill her, no she's still with me. Now you know why I had to live this life, understood?" Johnny said.
Blu nodded in response. Johnny suddenly, slashed the ropes that were holding Blu to the chair. Blu leaned sideways, and fell off the chair. Two Gangsters walked in front, and picked up Blu. One of them, holding him by his feet, while the other one, held his wings around Blu's body.
The Gangster leader knelt down to Blu and slowly lifted one his chin up again.
"Tell me, do you like snakes?" Johnny asked.
"Snakes?!" Blu mumbled.
"Yes, snakes" Johnny repeated with an evil smile.
The two Gangsters, picked up Blu, and proceeded to take him somewhere. Blu squirmed around, as much as he could, trying to get free.
Blu finally managed to get his beak free, just was the two Gangster's, took Blu, to a hole in the ground, which led into a cage.
"Ready to go in?" Johnny, who had followed his men, asked.
"Don't put me in there! Please!" Blu begged.
The two Gangster's, through Blu into the hole in the cage. Blu landed first on his belly, and rolled around onto his back.
"Have fun, Macaw." Johnny said, smiling evilly. Johnny flew away, out of the cage, and locked it with a pad lock. Blu panicked, he was now all alone. That's what he thought. Blu became startled, as he could not believe what he could see, slowly slivering up to him. It was a Green Corallus Caninus Snake, heading right for him.
"AH! NO!" Blu screamed, trying to pull himself free from the ropes.
The Snake moved his head inches away from Blu's.
"Please! Don't kill me!" Blu begged, screaming. The Snake suddenly used his sharp teeth, to slash Blu's ropes that were around his body and feet. Was he freeing him? Or did he do that, so he couldn't taste the rope through Blu's flesh. Before Blu could make an escape attempt. The snake suddenly maneuvered around Blu, wrapping his entire body around the Macaw.
Blu cringed, and closed his eyes again. "Please, don't hurt me." Blu begged again.
The Snake slowly, put his head near Blu's.
"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" the Snake said smiling. "So, why are you closing your eyes?"
Blu suddenly became confused.
"W-W-Wha-what do you mean? Aren't you going to kill me?" Blu asked, stuttering.
The Snake looked confused, before suddenly starting to laugh. "Kill you? Ha-ha, hey relax i ain't going to kill you, I'm a vegetarian." the Snake explained. "
If you're not going to kill m-me, can you let me go please?" Blu requested.
"Sure." the Snake replied, slivering himself from Blu. The moment he let go, Blu quickly flew up to the cage, entrance/exit, and tried to push the door, open.
"Ain't going to work, I've tried." the Snake explained.
"So, you don't eat, living things?" Blu asked.
"No-well, i would like to eat that Gangster leader." the Snake said, shaking his tail like a fist.
"Johnny?" Blu corrected.
"Yep, him." the Snake replied.
Blu looked on the Snake's neck, and noticed it was chained, meaning he couldn't escape. The cage entrance/exit above Blu opened. Before either one could move, two Gangsters' flew inside, and grabbed Blu, and took him away.
"Looks like the snake didn't want him." one of the assumed.
Blu was in fear and had no idea how he was going to get out of this one. "Jewel, i don't think I'll be coming home this time. I always love you."
Back at the Military Macaw prison, Joey had took almost every part of the phone apart. Jewel sat down, on the ground, upset, with Private Derek, who had his wing over her for comfort. "
Ha-ha, i got!" Joey yelled excitedly. The others quickly flew over.
"You have, where?" Lenny asked.
"At some underground, hideout!" Joey directed.
"Jewel, boys, follow me!" Lenny yelled, taking flight, out of the prison, followed by the Blue Macaw and three other Military Macaw's (Joey, Derek, and Davis.)
At the underground hideout Blu, now bound to the table, chattered his beak, and wiggling his toes around nervously as Johnny, slowly slid the knife up and down his bushy body.
"A-A-Are you g-going to k-k-kill me?" Blu asked, nervously.
"Maybe I will, or maybe I won't." Johnny simply replied.
"W-What do you want from me?" Blu asked.
"Well, i would kill you right now, but i just want the Macaw Major dead." Johnny explained.
"And i know, he likes you as a close friend, and he'll be here any minute now."
On the word 'now' a small flash bang suddenly, dropped inside, and exploded, causing everyone's vision, to blur.
"GO, GO, GO! A Major's voice yelled.
"Lenny!" Blu said, in a yelling whisper, to himself. When the flash had cleared Blu blinked his eyes, where he could see, Lenny with his men, and Jewel. The Military had defeated all the Gangsters, all but one. Johnny.
"Lenny, over here!" Blu yelled. Jewel quickly saw her mate, and ran over to help him. "BLU! You're alive!" Jewel screamed, before noticing he was bound to a table. "Blu, what did they do to you?"
"Can you just, get me out of this please?" Blu requested.
"On it." Davis said. The Macaw Corporal took out his knife and used the other end, to break the straps off.
While Davis freed Blu, Lenny looked around, noticing there was no sign of Johnny. "Where did he go?" Lenny thought.
Finally, Davis pulled off the last strap, freeing Blu.
Jewel, was about hug, and kiss Blu when suddenly. "AH!-Let me go!"
Johnny suddenly came out of nowhere, and put one wing, under Jewel's neck, while using his other wing, to hold the knife, to her neck.
"JEWEL!" Blu screamed.
Johnny walked backwards still holding Jewel, holding the knife, to her throat. Lenny and two of his men slowly followed the Gangster leader.
"Come on, let her go, Johnny, you know you don't wanna do that." Lenny said, trying to negotiate.
"Stay back, one move, and she'll have a nasty cut on her throat." Johnny threatened.
Blu looked behind Johnny, and noticed he was standing, near the cage entrance; also the cage door was open. "I don't understand, you were supposed to step in a trap!" Johnny yelled angrily, noticing his plan didn't work.
"I know a thing or two about where you set traps." Lenny said.
"You better give yourself up, now!" Johnny demanded.
Jewel suddenly, bit his wing, causing him to let go.
"Ow, you little-" Johnny grunted, rubbing his wing. Blu suddenly charged at Johnny, and knocked him back; causing him to fall in the cage and Blu locked it.
"Well, well, well, look who it is." the Snakes voice was heard.
"Oh NOOOO-AHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Johnny screamed.
It was over; Blu had pushed Johnny in the cage with the Snake and defeated. The two blue macaws, hugged each other.
"You're okay, Blu." "You're okay, Jewel." they both said in unison.
"Is it over? Is Johnny really gone?" Davis inquired.
"Yes, Davis, another mission: complete." Lenny replied with a nod.
Well that was work, but Johnny is finally, Snake food, stay tuned for chapter 5.